A calculator for Texas practice owners. Three short steps: see how ready your practice is to sell, what a buyer might pay, and whether the sale funds the life you want after it.
Whether the buyer is another dentist or a DSO, they pay more for a practice that does not depend on one set of hands. Answer honestly. Nobody sees this but you.
Where we'll send your results. One of our advisors may follow up. No pressure, no sales pitch.
In a free Decision Lab session, we walk through these numbers with you, look at what you would keep after taxes, and map what exiting on your terms looks like.
Book a Decision Lab sessionThis calculator gives a rough, educational estimate based on the answers you enter and general market ranges. It is not an appraisal, a formal business valuation, or tax, legal or investment advice. Actual sale prices depend on buyers, deal terms, timing and many factors a short questionnaire can't capture. Tax estimates assume most of the sale is taxed as a long-term capital gain and are simplified. Talk to a qualified professional before making decisions.
Buyers pay for a practice that keeps running without one set of hands.
Fewer young dentists are buying practices, and more are joining dental service organizations (DSOs). That shifts who is on the other side of the table when you sell. It says nothing about what any one practice will sell for. It does mean that owners who are prepared, with an associate in place, a strong hygiene program and clean reports, tend to have more options.
Share of U.S. dentists who owned their practice in 2023, down from 85% in 2005.
Share of dentists less than 10 years out of dental school who were affiliated with a DSO in 2024, up from 24% in 2023.
Practices one North Texas based DSO had partnered with by late 2025, after adding 47 practices that year alone.
Buyers are active. Prepared owners get better options.
Sources: ADA Health Policy Institute, Practice Ownership Trends in Dentistry: A New Look at Old Data, June 2025; Group Dentistry Now, DSO Deal Roundup, Oct 1, 2025 (MB2 Dental, Carrollton, TX). Examples of market activity only. Not an endorsement of any buyer and not a prediction about any sale.
You enter one profit number: what the practice earns before your own pay as a dentist, interest, taxes and depreciation. The calculator picks a range of multiples for a practice your size and uses your readiness answers to place you inside that range. Smaller practices are priced on what sales to other dentists have looked like. Larger, multi-doctor practices draw a wider pool of buyers, including dental service organizations (DSOs), and the ranges reflect that. If you enter collections, you also see a comparison based on sale prices as a share of collections. The sources are listed for our compliance team and available on request.
Two practices with the same profit can sell for very different prices. Buyers look hard at whether an associate is in place, how much of the dentistry you personally do, the strength of the hygiene program, how dependent you are on PPO plans, and how long your lease runs. Those are the questions in step 2.
The sale price is not your number. What you keep after taxes and debt is. DSO offers often mix cash with equity, an earnout or a required work-back period, so two offers with the same headline can leave you with very different amounts. Texas has no state income tax, so the estimate assumes a federal long-term capital gains rate unless you live elsewhere.
Decidedly Wealth Management is a wealth management firm. We do not broker business sales. We help owners plan the personal side: what they keep, what it funds, and who it serves. How we work with dentists →